#371 – Jr. Pantheon Games: Secrets of Hiding

Previously – The godlings received their first taste of competition at the hands of the Scotsman and now that the stakes are higher (or less in some minds), he’s been brought in to give them a competitive edge.

Currently – The kids are schooling the teacher in the art of hiding… or are they?

Hod has found my favorite hiding place…according to my wife, she never notices me & doesn’t mean to turn the light out…and my sons don’t see me there on their way out, so fail to let me know where they are going…However, I really don’t think the raven costume is going to fool her for long…

Okay, the more ridiculous the hiding place the safer it is. hrm.
Lesseee….
Sif and Thor are next, followed by Hod and then Hermod and Heimdall, though I’m not sure in which order.
Heh. Hod posing as Odin… Complete with eye patch and newspaper…

As far as the “hiding places” go, there are at least 2 standard cartoon “hiding places” used. Heimdall playing a floor lamp with a lamp shade. (Baldur would be better for that since he can at least light up. ‘Click’.) And Hermod with the cheesy partial disguise.

Of course, Hod’s “hiding in plain sight” is the one that will probably last the longest. I do like the eyepatch touch, by the way. Now if he can just remember to noisily turn the pages on occassion.

No. He uses Iduna’s apples to make hard apple cider, which the then adds an acetobacter to turn into vinegar. After all, that is the usual way of intentionally making apple cider vinegar.

(I am a mead maker as a hobby, and if you are not careful, a 5 gallon batch of mead can turn into a 5 gallon batch of mead vinegar.)

The acetobacter is what turns the alcohol into acetic acid, which is what gives vinegar is sour taste and acidity. The true flavor and character of vinegar, however, comes from the wine or cider from which it was made, and that is what differentiates one type of vinegar from another.

I love hod’s hiding place-I’ve got to try that sometimes (minus the eypatch) I actually didn’t notice hermod the first time I read the comic, so he might have a pretty good chance. (I am, however, hopeless at this kind of thing)

The Scottish couple evidently must be Gaelic deities of some kind…. they seem obliging and cheerful but not too bright. Which is EXACTLY how Scottish comedian Billy Connolly describes people from the Scottish highlands and islands. (Connolly is from the big city, Glasgow). Using the slightly derogatory term “teuchters” to describe people from the more remote parts of Scotland, he weaves a picture of rather thick backward people who are unfamilar with postboxes, double-decker buses and even electrical lighting… you can see how he gets there from these two Scots!